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May 30th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda A trio of young indigenous trailblazers have won scholarships to prestigious English universities Oxford and Cambridge.
Kyle Turner, 27, and Krystal Lockwood, 25, both from NSW have won scholarships to study at Oxford. Lilly Brown, 26, from Western Australia will be the first indigenous Australian to study at Cambridge.
The three have been awarded Charlie Perkins Scholarships named in the memory of the first indigenous man to graduate from university.
The scholarships are valued at $53,000 per year and include tuition fees and living expenses.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard hosted a special morning tea for the scholarship winners and their families at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday.
“We want you all to come back,” she told them.
Ms Brown heads to Cambridge in September to start a masters in politics, development and democratic education.
“I’m really interested in education and anti-racism and I’d like to contribute some way in that regard,” she told AAP, adding going to Cambridge would open doors for her.
She said her family were incredibly proud but unfortunately her mother was not keen to come and visit her.
“My mum can’t leave her toy poodle.”
Mr Turner will study a PHD in public health at Oxford and will return to Australia with the hope of working as an academic.
“It’s an absolute dream, to get this opportunity,” he said.
His whole family were planning to visit him in the UK.
“I’m not sure where I’ll put them all.”
Ms Lockwood will undertake a masters in evidence-based social intervention.
“I never ever considered studying overseas because it was just too expensive,” she said, adding she hopes to later on do a PHD.
Ms Lockwood wants to return to Australia to work in policy development focusing on indigenous youth.
The scholarships are supported by the Australian government, the British High Commission and mining giant Rio Tinto.
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